Publisher's Synopsis
Red Jumbo is a novel about sexism, racism, pneumatic tubes, falling in love, nightlights, loneliness, Christmas all year, immigration policy, Bubbles of Vergèze, rebelliousness, and community. And it's an exuberant, funny book: there's even a car chase--with slow cars--for a couple of blocks.
It's the tale of a lost and lonely man who meets a wild and eccentric group of people and forms an unlikely bond with them, all while trying to keep a step ahead of a corrupt, wealthy couple. It's a faux Raymond Chandler yarn shaken up with magical realism.
